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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Takeshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Takeshi Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroki Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junichi Iida, Kanagawa, JP;
Shingo Matsushita, Tokyo, JP;
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A bookbinding device receives a sheet on which an image is formed from an image forming apparatus. In the bookbinding device, a punching unit performs a punching process on a sheet; an aligning unit aligns a plurality of sheets on which holes are punched; and a ring binding unit mounts, in the holes of the sheets aligned by the aligning unit, a ring-shaped binding tool to create a booklet. A prohibiting unit, if a sheet received from the image forming apparatus is a punched sheet having a hole thereon, causes the punching unit not to perform the punching process on the punched sheet.